Pattaya is a dangerous place.
Pattaya: one of the world's 'great escapes' for criminals
Criminals have fled jail sentences in Europe, murder charges in England, paedophile charges in USA and police investigations for every kind of crime imaginable in countries around the world, then settled in Pattaya. They hope to build a new, undercover life safe from the grip of law in their own lands. Is it the free-flowing sex with young girls, the wild nightlife, drugs, weak money laundering regulations or lax policing that attracts so many foreign criminals to Thailand, and Pattaya in particular?
It's all of the above, and more. Many foreign criminals bring ill-gotten millions into Thailand to invest in business in an attempt to disguise their past. With money, it's relatively easy for a foreign fugitive to open a Thai company, get a work permit and gain yearly residence – all the necessities for a new life behind a new facade.
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Well, it may be right, that Kobi Elbaz invested billion of $ in Pattayas and Bangkoks real estate sector, for giving the money of the Nasarbajew Clan from Kasastan a new dress code.
But golden times of the tulipgroup may come to an end,
when their waterfront project was stopped last year.
http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/pa ... ower-40505
Concerning the introducing article, times in Pattaya have changed a long time ago,
while criminels can survive in Pattaya,
as long, as the lived with a valid visa in their passport,
and as long, as the picture in the passport belongs to their brother, or a person, with similar face biometrics, and as long, as the passport never reports to be stolen, and a special crime investigator finds out about their true I.D.
But for the normal criminels, their life in Pattaya is coming to an end, when they come in contact with the immigration police.
Pattaya is a famous travel destination for families from russia and china,
who created the new image of the town, many years ago.
